Togo - Multi-Country (Benin-Togo-Guinea) COVID-19 Response Support Programme

The proposed project is part of the COVID-19 Multi-Country Response Support Program (PAR-COVID-19) for a total amount of UA 49.1 million to the Republics of Togo, Benin and Guinea. The program was evaluated in April 2020, following requests from these countries to the Bank. All three countries recorded their first COVID-19 cases during the period 7-16 March 2020. As of 25 May, a total of 3,050 cases had tested positive in the three countries, including 1949 patients hospitalized and treated, 1,074 cured cases, and 27 deaths (representing an average case-fatality rate of 0.88%). The Program seeks to provide an emergency response to the health and socio-economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the three abovementioned countries which have many similarities. This is a Crisis Response Budget Support (CRBS) operation. The measures supported by the Program will be implemented over a 12-month period starting in June 2020 and will contribute to the achievement of the following outcomes: (i) strengthening of screening capacity; (ii) improvement of national coverage in patient isolation structures; and (iii) mitigation of the socio-economic effects of the health crisis. This intervention concerns the component of the program dedicated to Togo, the cost of which is estimated at UA 20 million.